Twice: The Extraordinary Life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Overview

Tsutomu Yamaguchi is a hibakusha. A survivor of both atomic bomb blasts in 1945. First at Hiroshima, then again at Nagasaki. Now nearing 90, Yamaguchi finally speaks out. Breaking taboos of shame and sorrow, he responds to a call to fight for a world without nuclear weapons by telling his story, so that no one else will ever have to tell one like it again. Twice reconstructs Yamaguchi’s experiences in 1945 Japan, interviews him on the after-effects of exposure and documents the last five years of the late-blooming activist’s life.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 5, 2010

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

English, Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

NHK,NHK Enterprises

Cast

Tsutomu Yamaguchi,Stuart Varnam-Atkin

Director

Hidetaka Inazuka

Producer

Hidetaka Inazuka,Atsushi Ogaki,Takahiro Hamano,Masayuki Takase

Cinematography

Takahiro Miura

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1931497